Water distribution and delivery



E. E. THOMAS.

WATER DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30.1919.

2 m @Z w y 7, D .j ,m F P J m w m Patented Nov.. 7, 1922e ITED STATESEDWIN E. THOMAS, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO W. C.ALVORD, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

Application filed `July 30,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that EDWIN E. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of the city of Portland, `in the county ofMultnomah, in the State of Oregon, has invented certain new and usefulImprovements in l/Vater Distribution and Delivery, of which thefollowing is a specilication, reference being `had to the accom- Ypanying drawing.

My invention relates to water distribution and delivery' and has for itsobject the production of means for rendering a flexible pipe terminalself-erective and sustainable vin an elevated position by the force ofthe current of water which it delivers'. Though I refer to my inventionas a means of water distribution, it is, of course, applicable to usewith any liquid, or even a gas if such a utility were devised.

My device is distinguished from other de vices for a like purpose inthefact that it requires no outside meansof support other than aflow-controlling pipe, but is self-containedin respect to the meansnecessary for locating, elevating and directing it.

What constitutes my invention will be hereinafter specifiedin detail andsuccinctly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure I is a side elevation, partly in section, of a length of hosewith my invention inpresent preferred form of embodiment attached, andshown as in operation.

Figure II is a top plan view of the end of the discharge tip, detached,of thenczzle as shown in Figure I. y

Figure III is a view similar to Figure II showing operative adjustmentsof the discharge tip.

Figure IV is a view corresponding to Figure I, showing a formalmodification.

Referring to the numerals on the drawing, l indicates, by way ofexample, a length of pliable hose of any usual or preferred mode ofmanufacture, such, for example, as one of india rubber or woven fabric.The only consideration that determines its selection is that it must bea pipe of operative iexihit it yTo one end of said hose is secured, byany Suitable means preferred, as for eXample, a metal band 2 and part 3of an ordinary hose-coupling,preferably provided as usual with athreaded cylindrical terminal 4, the

1919. Serial No. 314,233.

y end 4 illustrated constituting a male member of a hose coupling To thepart 3, the device constituting a preferred form of embodiment of myinvention, is shown in the drawings as attached. It comprises acoupling' member et, which in the form shown, includes an internallythreaded cylindrical cap 5 that is provided with a preferably integralcoaxial hollow bearing piece 6. `A usual gasket 7 between the end of themember 4L and the end wall of the cap 5 affords example of means forcffecting a water-,tight oint between those parts.

It is essential to the objects of my invention only to provide,substantially at the point of delivery of the hose l, means foreffecting a forcible deflected discharge of its fluid contents, saiddischarge being defiected substantially in the plane of erection desiredto be maintained in the terminal portionr of the hose or pipe. Thelanguage employed in the last preceding sentence is selected advisedlyto indicate that a forcible discharge is necessary and that it isnecessary only that said deflection of discharge be effectedsubstantially at the point of' delivery. In the form of `embodiment ofmy invention illustrated said deflection is effected by the aid of atube having an inside diameter much less than that of the coupling 3,and bent, as indicated at 10. The constriction afforded by saidreduction of diameter gives the requisite force of discharge, and thebend l0 gives, in the aforesaid particular form of embodiment, therequired deflection.

I prefer, also, to provide the tube 9 with a straight portion l1, alittle greater in length than the` length of the member 6, in order thatby provision of aloose tment of the former within the latter, the tube'9 may be easily adjusted, through manipulation, by rotation of it aboutthe longitudinal axis of its portion 1l.` An annular flange 12 on theinner end of the tube 9 affords means ofv rotatably securing said tubewithin its bearing piece 6 without leakage in service.

Upon the discharge end of the tube 9 I prefer, for some purposes only,to provide a baffie-plate or spreader l5. Itsfunction, in the form ofembodiment of my invention illustrated, is desirable only as a means ofspreading the fluid-discharge into fanshaped form for sprinklingpurposes, and is not therein otherwise essential, To the upwardly anddownwardly directed streams disposed in alternating order.

Moreover, additional upwardly discharging streams may be divided out ofsaid sheet of discharge by provision of a row of perforations 18 in theplate 15, the purpose of breaking up of said discharge sheet intovaryingly deflected streams being to disperse for sprinkling purposesthe water of discharge equally over the area reached by said discharge,in place of directing itl mainly towards the limit of throw of itsdischarge.

I find that if the bent tube 9 be: adjusted soI that thelongitudinalaxis thereof, considered as a whole, coincides with a vertical plane,discharge of its fluid contents under suiiicient force of flow will holdthe end of the hose fixedly elevated in a vertical plane; but if thedischarge end of said tube be turned to one side or the other ofthevertical plane, the plane of its fixed erection in service will varyaccordingly, thereby, through such adjustment, bringing the point ofdischarge ofthe hose closer to or farther from the ground as desired,andincreasing or diminishing the area covered by its reach of delivery.f

It has been specified that in the form of embodiment illustrated theplate 15 is a nonessential accessory. This is true if it be applied atthe end of a bent tube 9. I have discovered, nevertheless, that if asshown in Figure IV it be preferably bent and applied as indicated by 20directly to the end of a straight tip like the hollow member 6, therebyconverting the latter into astraight discharge nipple, the tube 9 beingomittedfit will effectively deflect the flow from the hose 1,andthereby' exert the self-erecting function upon the end of the hose.It is thereby demonstrated that said self-erecting functioniis attainedby a deflection of the'flow discharged from the hoseA either. within `orwithout the hose, confined or unconfined thereby, provided only. thatsaid deflection' be effected within effective proximity to the end ofthe pipe to be lifted, or substantially at the point of the flowdischarge.

The operation of my device will` it is believed, be fully understoodfrom theforegoing specification without further description.'

What I claim is: A

1. A device of the kind described, comprising a flexible pipe incombination with means forforcibly deflecting the flowtherefromsubstantially at its point of discharge, whereby the pipe may bevrendered terminally self-erective and operatively sustainable in a fixedelevated position by the force of the flow of the current which itdelivers. y

2. A device of the kind described, comprising a flexible pipe incombination with means for .-.forciblydeflecting the flow therefromsubstantially at its point of discharge, whereby the pipe ymay berendered terminally self-elective and operatively sustainable in a fixedelevated'position by the force ofthe iow of-the current whichitdelivers, and'm'eans for controlling the angle ofuplift of the pipeterminal.

3. Ina device of the kind described, the combination with a flexiblepipe 0f constricting means for effecting an out-flow at itsy end, andmeans for deflecting said out-flowk substantially at its point ofrdischarge, whereby the end of said pipe may be up` lifted andy xedlysustained in an elevated position exclusively by the force of thecurrent which it delivers.

4. The combination with a flexible pipe,

of a bent, constricted discharge tube, the` tained in elevated positionexclusively by thev forceof thecurrent it delivers,.said meanscomprising an operatively disposed uplifting iiow-deflecting member.

6. A self-lifting hosenozzle consisting of the combination of a flexiblehose and a flowconstricting` tube provided with a bend therein made and'disposed to effect the uplifting function desired, substantially as setforth.

7. A self-lifting hose nozzle consisting of an internally threaded capprovided with a hollow bearing piece, and a bent tube loosely mounted insaid piece and provided with a terminal retaining flange inside of saidcap.

8. The combination with a flexible hose,

of a self-lifting hose nozzle consisting of a flow-constricting tubeprovided with al bend l therein made and disposed to effect theuplifting function desired, and a spreader operatively secured to saidtube.

9. The combination with a flexible hose,

.of a self-lifting hose nozzle consisting' of a flow-constricting tubeprovided with a bend therein made and disposed to effect the upliftingfunction desired, and a spreaderoperatively secured to said tube. saidspreader having serrations upon its forward edge.

10. The combination with a flexible hose. of a self-lifting hose nozzleconsisting offa meme? eratively secured to said tube, Said spreaderbeing` provided with a row of sprinkling effecting perforations as setforth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 15 my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

EDWIN E. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH L. ATKINS, T. B. ATKINS.

